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Baseload Power Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore

March 18, 2024 admin baseload power, batteries, clean power, grid, inflexible, rigid, Solar, Solar energy, storage, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:18:55 +0000

The compelling complaint about baseload power is that while it did save money in the past, it doesn’t any more. Sun and wind are cheaper than this “cheap” power source, AND backup battery power is cheaper than the backup plants needed for baseload power.

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OTEC, a Long-Stalled Baseload Ocean Power Technology, Is Seeing a Swell

June 1, 2023 admin baseload power, Business, cold-water riser, DOE, engineering, floating platform, full coverage, global otec resources, History, iea, marine power, Markets, news, ocean power, ocean thermal energy conversion, ocean/marine, offshore power, oil industry, otec, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, trends, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:40 +0000

A project to deploy a 1.5-MW commercial-scale ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe by 2025 has gained a key design certification. The crucial

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